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Hurricane Irene Model and Forecast Discussion


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The idea that the LI sound will pile up on the western side from this wind direction must have Emerg planners frantic at this point. Could be the worst case for SW CT and the NY city area with regard to flooding. I wonder what the slosh models look like for this more western track.

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I have highlighted the one of the reasons why we are now seeing a significant shift west with the GFS... small pieces of vorticity make all the difference it appears. Basically the little feature I noted earlier from the ECWMF at 12z... the GFS now has it too. This is what likely allows the more northward motion beyond the Outer Banks Landfall.

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Severe potential with this hurricane, if RGEM output is accurate, height falls over the centre amount to near-record lows for a tropical system (546 dm depicted at 36h). Track is ominous but not yet clear enough to suggest more than extreme caution anywhere northeast of about Charleston SC. Further ahead, Long Island or New England landfalls will coincide with new moon near perigee (late 28th early 29th) suggesting extreme storm surge issues wherever Irene reaches land over the period Saturday to Tuesday.

I believe it is quite possible that a strong cat-4 or even cat-5 hurricane may develop east of JAX, perhaps make a brief NC/VA landfall and then stay strong (fading only to cat-3 or high end cat-2) well north of 40N.

Quite likely this is the last Hurricane Irene we will ever see.

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Severe potential with this hurricane, if RGEM output is accurate, height falls over the centre amount to near-record lows for a tropical system (546 dm depicted at 36h). Track is ominous but not yet clear enough to suggest more than extreme caution anywhere northeast of about Charleston SC. Further ahead, Long Island or New England landfalls will coincide with new moon near perigee (late 28th early 29th) suggesting extreme storm surge issues wherever Irene reaches land over the period Saturday to Tuesday.

I believe it is quite possible that a strong cat-4 or even cat-5 hurricane may develop east of JAX, perhaps make a brief NC/VA landfall and then stay strong (fading only to cat-3 or high end cat-2) well north of 40N.

Quite likely this is the last Hurricane Irene we will ever see.

Man, getting that to verify is going to tough. Irene is going through major internal reconstruction right now, while wasting a diurnal cycle and high OHC.

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